A Florida man is in the Vanderburgh County Jail charged with rape.
Police were called to South Rosenberger Avenue Saturday afternoon after someone reported seeing a man putting a woman in a headlock.
When police arrived 33-year-old Jerrode Barker Jr. was spotted running into an apartment.
The victim told police that Barker forced her to do sex acts, beat her, choked her until she passed out, and raped her.
Besides rape, he is also charged with battery, strangulation and marijuana possession.
His bond is set at $25,000.
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